Sunday, January 10, 2010
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
The Look by Sarah Teasdale (True love that haunts you night and day…)
Strephon kissed me in the spring,
Robin in the fall,
But Colin only looked at me
And never kissed at all.
Strephon’s kiss was lost in jest,
Robin’s lost in play,
But the kiss in Colin’s eye
Haunts me night and day.
-- Sarah Teasdale
Sarah Teasdale was an American lyrical poet. She was born Sarah Trevor Teasdale in St. Louis, Missouri. Sarah Teasdale’s major themes were love, nature's beauty, and death. Throughout her life, Teasdale suffered poor health. It was only when she was nine, when she was judged healthy to begin School. She made great poems, but she was never able to experience in life the passion that she expressed in her poetry.
The eyes are the windows of the soul. I believe that it will always let you see what a person truly feels; what is really inside his/her heart. You may not understand it right away but you will surely find it very sincere. The eyes will never lie and can be the most effective instrument in expressing love.
The eyes will give you a mystery of the persons love. Maybe that is why the kiss in Colin’s eye haunts the persona in the poem night and day. The kiss that Strephon gave in the spring and the kiss that Robin gave in the fall might be insignificant for the persona. She might think that the kiss did not sincerely express the love of Strephon nor Robin’s love. Some people believe that kissing someone is an expression of love. Well, I partly believe in that. But, as what the persona in the story said, “The kiss in Colin’s eye haunts me night and day”. What could be in that look? The look that was more passionate than the kiss. Too complicated to understand but that is how love works.
This short poem can be interpreted with entirely different ideas because it has so many complex meaning. As what the titles tells us, the look of Colin gave a big impact in the persona’s heart. Maybe she felt that she was loved. The other kisses from Strephon and Robin did not give any feeling of love in the persona’s heart. What is so passionate in that looked that it left in the heart of the persona? Maybe love was really there because it was greatly appreciated and remembered. Love is like that. It really cannot be explained. You just feel it. It doesn’t knock in your door and ask for your permission for it to be able to enter. It just comes, and it is your choice if you are going to accept it or let it walk away.
Strephon kissed me in the spring,
Robin in the fall,
But Colin only looked at me
And never kissed at all.
Strephon’s kiss was lost in jest,
Robin’s lost in play,
But the kiss in Colin’s eye
Haunts me night and day.
-- Sarah Teasdale
Sarah Teasdale was an American lyrical poet. She was born Sarah Trevor Teasdale in St. Louis, Missouri. Sarah Teasdale’s major themes were love, nature's beauty, and death. Throughout her life, Teasdale suffered poor health. It was only when she was nine, when she was judged healthy to begin School. She made great poems, but she was never able to experience in life the passion that she expressed in her poetry.
The eyes are the windows of the soul. I believe that it will always let you see what a person truly feels; what is really inside his/her heart. You may not understand it right away but you will surely find it very sincere. The eyes will never lie and can be the most effective instrument in expressing love.
The eyes will give you a mystery of the persons love. Maybe that is why the kiss in Colin’s eye haunts the persona in the poem night and day. The kiss that Strephon gave in the spring and the kiss that Robin gave in the fall might be insignificant for the persona. She might think that the kiss did not sincerely express the love of Strephon nor Robin’s love. Some people believe that kissing someone is an expression of love. Well, I partly believe in that. But, as what the persona in the story said, “The kiss in Colin’s eye haunts me night and day”. What could be in that look? The look that was more passionate than the kiss. Too complicated to understand but that is how love works.
This short poem can be interpreted with entirely different ideas because it has so many complex meaning. As what the titles tells us, the look of Colin gave a big impact in the persona’s heart. Maybe she felt that she was loved. The other kisses from Strephon and Robin did not give any feeling of love in the persona’s heart. What is so passionate in that looked that it left in the heart of the persona? Maybe love was really there because it was greatly appreciated and remembered. Love is like that. It really cannot be explained. You just feel it. It doesn’t knock in your door and ask for your permission for it to be able to enter. It just comes, and it is your choice if you are going to accept it or let it walk away.
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